Autonomic Computing

Development Software

IBM has made available a host of products and software tools to facilitate the introduction of autonomic computing to corporate customers. Below is a summary of what is available at the time this book was written. Interested readers should regularly check with IBM for new announcements and upgrades, as these tools will be improved, withdrawn, or changed over time.

• Software Agent Building and Learning Environment— A Java framework, component library, and productivity tool kit for building intelligent agents using machine learning and reasoning.

• Business Workload Manager— A technology that provides the basis for instrumentation of applications in support of autonomic management.

• Conversation Support for Web Services— A technology ...